Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 837-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-943-lst943-pkt-837-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, USS LST-943 - build, sponsor, commissioning, Pacific campaigns, occupation duty, decommissioning, disposal (verbatim transcription hosted on NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive; live NHHC page 404s on all candidate URLs) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160943.htm - DANFS transcription section and timeline block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 8 August 1944 at Hingham, MA, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched 9 September 1944; sponsored by Miss Margaret Clarke; commissioned 30 September 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945 and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April 1945. Post-war occupation duty in the Far East until mid-April 1946; returned to the United States and decommissioned 16 July 1946; struck from the Navy list 25 September 1946. On 4 November 1947 sold to the Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, CA, for scrapping. Earned two battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-46); occupation-duty crew (1945-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Live NHHC DANFS page returned 404 on 2026-10-03 for both URL patterns (/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-943.html and /content/history/nhhc/... variant) - standing NHHC link-rot defect; verbatim transcription used via NavSource's DANFS section. Sponsor detail corroborated by secondary encyclopedias citing DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-943-lst943-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-943 (10/16/160943) - unit assignment, campaign dates, specification block, commanding-officer list, photography incl. NHHC photo NH 79589 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160943.htm - awards block, flotilla/group/division lines, campaign table, occupation-period table, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource detail for this hull: international radio call sign NVTX; assigned LST Flotilla Twenty-Five (CAPT. H. E. Richter USN), LST Group Seventy-Three (CDR. L. D. York USNR), LST Division One Hundred Forty-Five. Campaign dates: Iwo Jima operation 20-23 February 1945; Okinawa Gunto operation 2-10 April 1945. Navy Occupation Service Medal periods: 20 September-3 October 1945, 15-28 October 1945, 10 November 1945-16 April 1946. Commanding officers: LT. Sydney Berde USNR (30 Sep 1944-Dec 1945); LTjg. Douglas K. Kinsey USNR (Dec 1945-Jun 1946); LTjg. Howard Boysen Eddy USN (Jun-16 Jul 1946). Photography documents the hull underway in San Francisco Bay with LCT(6)-1219 on board, 1946 (NHHC photo NH 79589), plus anchor/beach/detail views contributed by crew families. Specification block (class-generic LST-542 values): 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328' oa x 50'; 11.6 kts trial; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers + 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; armament 2 twin + 4 single 40mm, 12 single 20mm; diesel 4,300 bbl.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew (1944-46); embarked troops; NHHC photo catalog (NH 79589) confirms physical presence San Francisco Bay 1946
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates corroborated this session against the primary BuShips SDB-1945 v2 roster (ev-03) and agree. The specification block is class-generic LST-542 boilerplate: its propulsion line (2 x GM 12-567A) conflicts with the BuShips block assignment for this hull's design group (12-278A - see ev-04 correction). Complement figures are class specification, not a muster. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-943-lst943-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (15 April 1945) - LST roster row and design table (shipscribe.com scan, full text extracted this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST roster (Bethlehem Steel Co., Hingham block: 'LST943 .. do .. 8 Aug 44 / 9 Sept 44 / 30 Sept 44'); LST design table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary-source build record: the official BuShips roster lists LST-943 in the Bethlehem Steel Co., Hingham, Mass. block with keel laid 8 Aug 44, ship launched 9 Sept 44, date of first commission 30 Sept 44 - agreeing with the DANFS/NavSource timeline. The same volume's LST design table gives the type: 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam, 2,366 t / 4,080 t, 11.6 kt.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades (Aug-Sep 1944)
- Limitations
- Official 1945 BuShips document - authoritative for dates/builder as of April 1945; predates her decommissioning and disposal, so post-war milestones come from other rows. Roster gives no sponsor name and no material/insulation content - ship-specific build data only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-943-lst943-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, 15 April 1945) LST propulsion design table - engine-model assignment by hull block; NavSource class-generic spec block for contrast [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST propulsion table ('LST932-979 .. 2 / G. M. Diesel, 12-278A / 1,700'); NavSource 10/16/160943.htm specifications block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION (propulsion attribution): BuShips assigns LST-943 to the LST932-979 design block, for which the official table lists 2 x G.M. Diesel 12-278A engines, 1,700 shp. NavSource's per-hull spec block displays the class-generic LST-542 line 'two General Motors 12-567A, 900hp Diesel engines' - the 12-567A applies to the LST1-490, 491-541, 542-931, 980-1059, and 1081-1152 blocks but NOT to the 932-979 or 1060-1080 blocks, which carried 12-278A. BuShips carried in this record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (design)
- Limitations
- Corrects a propulsion attribution propagated by class-generic spec blocks, not a material claim. BuShips documents the design-block assignment; the engines as actually installed in this hull are not independently documented beyond the block table. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-943-lst943-04
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[6]Era inference built on: BuShips SDB-1945 v2 machinery data (diesel plant, no boilers); NavSource class specifications; lst-1-class class-profile consolidated era assessment; wartime pipe-covering documentation in Fleischer & Viles 1946 (ev-06); GAO HRD-80-2 era boundaries (ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table; NavSource specifications; class profile lst-1-class ev-lst-1-class-03
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered tank landing ship built Aug-Sep 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era and inside the wartime pipe-covering era federally surveyed in 1946. Era-standard applications aboard a diesel LST of this type and period: diesel exhaust lagging, gaskets and valve/flange packing, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. As a diesel vessel she carried no boilers - the steam/boiler lagging pathway does not apply; exposure relevance concentrates in the engine room, exhaust system, and interior finish materials.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-46); occupation crew; Moore Dry Dock shipbreakers (1947-48)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, work package, or as-built drawing located for LST-943. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-943-lst943-05
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[7]Fleischer WE, Viles FJ Jr, et al., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J. Ind. Hyg. Toxicol. 28:9-16 (January 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- J. Ind. Hyg. Toxicol. 28:9-16 (1946); PMID 21016030
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Contemporaneous federal industrial-hygiene literature documents that pipe-covering operations in wartime naval vessel construction were a recognized asbestos-exposure problem during the exact window of this hull's construction (August-September 1944). The Fleischer-Viles survey is the era's canonical peer-reviewed record of pipe-covering materials and dust conditions in naval shipbuilding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (survey era)
- Population
- Wartime pipe coverers and associated trades in naval vessel construction (1940s)
- Limitations
- Era/operation-level documentation, not a yard or hull record - the survey does not name Bethlehem-Hingham or LST-943, and no abstract or yard roster is indexed in PubMed (metadata verified via NCBI eutils; page body is scan-only). Documents the exposure environment of the construction era, not materials aboard this hull. NOTE: the shipyards.json Moore Dry Dock record cites this paper at an incorrect PMC URL (PMC1525949 is a 1951 tuberculosis article) - correct identifier is PMID 21016030.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-943-lst943-06
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[8]W.A. Simons Asbestos Trust, California Site List (September 2020): 'MOORE DRY DOCK--OAKLAND, CA (ADELINE ST)', Exposure Level H [other_primary]
- Locator
- WAST California Site List, land-sites section, row 'MOORE DRY DOCK--OAKLAND, CA (ADELINE ST)' (verified in -layout text extraction)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The facility that bought this hull for scrapping on 4 November 1947 - Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland (Adeline St.) - is listed on the W.A. Simons Asbestos Trust's California land site list at Exposure Level H. The scrapping population that dismantled the hull worked at a yard the asbestos-trust system treats as a documented exposure site.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1947-1948 (scrapping); trust list September 2020
- Population
- Moore Dry Dock shipbreakers and yard trades (1947-48 breakup window; site-list coverage undated for this row)
- Limitations
- Yard-level claims-administration document, not a survey or hull record: a trust site list reflects litigation-derived site eligibility, predates/postdates no specific period of this hull's dismantling, and establishes nothing about this hull's materials or any individual's exposure. The 1947-48 breakup predates modern ACM-handling regulation; no hazmat or material record for the dismantling was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-943-lst943-07
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - fully spanning this hull's construction (1944) and service era (1944-46), though her Navy career ended 25 years before the substitution era began.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 - standing defect since Batch 01); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-943-lst943-08
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[10]Library of Virginia, World War II Separation Notices: Navy (FromThePage transcription), work 1140037_002_125_001 - crew member's separation record naming 'USS LST 943' [other_primary]
- Locator
- FromThePage LVA WWII Separation Notices Navy, work-1140037-002-125-001 (search-index snippet; direct access HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A Library of Virginia WWII Navy separation-notice transcription records a named service member with duty aboard 'USS LST 943'; the transcribed remarks also reference USNH Brooklyn N.Y., USNH Bethesda Md., RECST Bklyn NY, and Service Craft (YTB409) - i.e., a personnel record that includes both ship service and naval-hospital entries for a member of this hull's wartime crew.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (service window); notice dated post-war
- Population
- One named LST-943 crew member (separation notice subject)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: establishes that a named individual served aboard - a vessel-history fact, NOT an exposure or medical-causation record. Direct fetch returned HTTP 403 on 2026-10-03 (both dev. and production FromThePage hosts); content verified via search-index snippet only - transcription unreviewed, so verification is partial. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-943-lst943-09
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[11]Batch-7486 search ledger (this record): BuShips SDB-1945 v2 roster and design table (primary); NavSource/DANFS transcription; shipbuildinghistory yard row; NVR (no entry); NARA catalog (JS-gated); FromThePage/LVA separation notice (403); Wayback availability API (429); secondary web sweeps; CourtListener (blocked - daily quota) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-943-lst943-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, material schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LST-943 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - authenticated API returned 'DAILY QUOTA EXHAUSTED' with a ~7.2-hour Retry-After; logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case AND no law-firm marketing claims for this hull - unusually, LST-943 carries not even unsupported 'asbestos aboard' assertions in indexed web content.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the hull was built and scrapped inside the documented asbestos era. The litigation-repository search is a genuine open gap (quota-blocked, not run to completion). RG 24 deck logs, Bethlehem-Hingham work packages, and MARAD disposal files are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-943-lst943-10